Chapter 1144: Kingdom of Gold

Lazart walked a few steps towards his shop, stopped again, and looked back, not sure if the cat understood him or not.

The cat stood up from a squatting position, meowed twice to the side, as if calling for other cats - but there were no other cats nearby, and then followed him.

The cat followed him back to the shop. As soon as the shop door opened and the lights were turned on again, the dazzling array of gold and silver ornaments seemed to brighten its eyes. Look around.

Hearing the noise and barking of dogs in the street, Lazart thought for a while, how can he help Chinese tourists?

He intends to help, but he doesn't want to have a direct confrontation with the locals. After all, many of them are doing business in the Khan Khalili Market. Everyone keeps their heads down and looks up. As a minority group, it is better to keep a low profile, otherwise it may cause Hate the rich mentality, you must know that for a long time, Copts who are relatively wealthy and willing to accept new things from abroad have been scornfully called "fake foreign devils" by other Egyptians.

The current situation in Egypt is temporarily calm, but who can tell when the next turmoil will happen? At that time, the locals who hate the rich may take the opportunity to retaliate.

For the safety of his family, he can only do his best to help quietly.

His eyes fell on the calendar, and he had an idea and thought of a feasible solution.

The time has entered June, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the local Ramadan in Egypt is about to enter.

Firecrackers are imported from China, and the custom of setting off firecrackers is also influenced by China.

Egyptians have a tradition of setting off firecrackers at weddings and festivals, and of course Ramadan is no exception. Firecrackers are generally set off every evening when breaking the fast.

Due to frequent terrorist attacks and turmoil, the sound of firecrackers is easily confused with gunshots, and a series of security incidents caused by making and setting off firecrackers. The government does not encourage setting off firecrackers, but the locals feel that it is not even festive to celebrate the festival without setting off firecrackers. No, so repeated prohibitions.

Although Ramadan has not officially entered yet, firecrackers have been quietly listed, and there are several firecrackers in the Khan Khalili Market.

Thinking of this, Lazart had some calculations in his mind.

There are many people who know Razat in the Khan Khalili market, so it is not convenient for him to show up, and he is old and his legs and feet are not flexible, so he called his son Chris and asked him to go to a shop a little further away to buy firecrackers. Then set off firecrackers to attract the attention of the locals, and then called her daughter Kate to sneak into the crowd and bring out the Chinese tourists.

A pair of sons and daughters are both clever and clever, so they took orders and went away without his warning.

Lazart stayed in the shop and waited. When the firecrackers sounded, his heart was raised, wondering if the plan would go well.

Kate was afraid that she would be recognized by acquaintances, so she covered her face tightly with a turban, and was afraid of causing trouble to her shop, so she took Zhang Zian and the others around a long way, making sure that there was no one behind her. They were followed by others before they were brought back with confidence.

So did Chris. He took a shortcut and went to a strange store to buy firecrackers.

Seeing that his daughter led Zhang Zian and his party to the store safely, Lazart put his heart into his stomach.

Zhang Zian and the others couldn't help but nodded secretly after listening to Lazart's narration, admiring Lazart's ability to teach his children well. From the details of their actions, it can be seen that this pair of brothers and sisters are smart and brave, and they will definitely become outstanding talents in the future.

Razat himself is even more admirable. He is willing to risk offending locals for Chinese tourists who have never met. This is not something ordinary people can do.

Zhang Zian, Gao Ke, Xiao Tianyu, Du Xuetao, and Jack all stood up to express their thanks to the father, daughter, brother and sister. He He, who was almost skinned, was even more grateful.

At this time, Zhang Zian and the others really relaxed, and were in the mood to browse the furnishings in the shop.

If they hadn't been nervous before, they should have noticed the dazzling variety of gold and silver ornaments in the store long ago.

Mainly gold, there are also platinum and silver, bracelets, headwear, earrings, rings, necklaces, accessories... almost filled the three walls except the direction of the door, and there are many placed in the glass counter. Everything is golden yellow.

The Egyptians are super fond of gold, and it is one of the few traditions that has been passed down from thousands of years ago and has been passed down.

Needless to say, ancient Egypt, kilograms of gold masks and kilograms of gold coffins are no surprise. After all, ancient Egypt, which was the granary of the world at that time, was really rich.

With an average monthly income of 500 yuan, 95% of the land is desert, which cannot afford to support the population that is exploding. Flour, sugar, and oil all depend on the funding of the Arab brothers. It is obviously poor enough to eat soil. But with an extraordinary obsession with gold, this is modern Egypt.

The principle of the Egyptians is that our ancestors were rich enough to go hungry and live on the streets, but gold must be bought!

When local women get married, they will wear all their gold ornaments on their bodies, even rings on ten fingers, and several heavy necklaces around their necks, because the local traditional view is that the more gold ornaments a woman has, the more It means that the husband loves her more.

Under such customs, gold and silver jewelry shops in Egypt are not worried about sales.

Of course, the Egyptians are very poor, and they cannot afford pure gold, and pure gold is too soft to be made into exquisite jewelry. Therefore, most of the gold jewelry bought by the locals is 8k gold.

In recent years, with the further deterioration of the Egyptian economy, currency depreciation, and rising prices, Egyptians can’t even afford 8k gold. Go buy similar style gold plated jewelry from China instead...

People from other countries may not understand why the Egyptians are so obsessed with gold.

Although there is a Chinese saying that goes, "Antiques in prosperous times, gold in troubled times", this is used to guide speculation, and it refers to pure gold. If you have to rely on relief for food, gold is worthless!

Zhang Zian and the others held their breath, staring at the store full of gold jewelry in amazement, even their pupils were shining with golden light. Although I know that these golds are probably 8k gold, 8k gold is also valuable!

He He instinctively wanted to take out his phone to take a picture and send it to Moments, but he groped in his pocket and realized that his phone had been snatched away, and couldn't help feeling sad.

In the dazzling golden light, Fina sat calmly on a chair in the center, her golden fur completely blending into the golden background.